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Structured Clinical Management (SCM) Practitioner

Job details
Posting date: 09 January 2025
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £42,939 - £50,697 per annum inclusive of outer London HCAS
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 09 February 2025
Location: Surbiton, KT6 7QU
Company: South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6920764/294-COMM-6920764-JB

Summary

A Vacancy at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.


This is an opportunity to join a ground-breaking team in SWLSTG Trust, delivering Structured Clinical Management (SCM). This is an evidence-based approach for working in a community setting with people with Complex Emotional Needs/ a diagnosis of personality disorder. You will receive training and ongoing supervision to ensure that you develop and maintain the necessary skills for working with this client group. Supervision will be provided by a Clinical Psychologist within the team. We are keen to receive applications from Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, and Clinical Associates in Psychology. You will need to have a distinct interest in working with this client group to get the most from this position. We will accept applications on a full-time and part-time (job share) basis.

We are keen to receive applications from those who are from a BAME background, or have protected characteristics, who are under-represented in this sector.

You will hold dual team membership. You will be based in a Integrated Recovery Hub (IRH- a community care team), and line-managed in this setting. However, your clinical duties will fall under the SCM Team, where you will receive your clinical supervision. In the SCM team you will be part of a group of staff who are highly motivated to support clients withComplex Emotional Needs/ a diagnosis of personality disorder, and to do so compassionately and creatively. You will be involved in the assessment and treatment of clients, providing individual and group-based interventions within the SCM framework. You will hold your own caseload, and provide telephone coaching to clients between session, as necessary (within working hours). You will receive training and supervision in SCM and other key clinical approaches/ techniques.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together.We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

· To implement, in conjunction with other members of the team, plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a patient’s mental health problems using SCM.

· To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment and treatment of allocated patients within the service model.

· To participate in clinical and managerial supervision.

· To be responsible for the flexible management of a defined caseload designed to meet the individual needs of the client and carers.

· To work within policy, professional and legal frameworks at all times and have a clear understanding of ones Code of Professional Conduct, risk assessment and safeguarding children protocols, Mental Health Act and CPA, and Trust clinical policies

· To ensure effective communication within the team and share relevant information as required.

· To implement and/or participate in crisis intervention measures with the client/family or in conjunction with other agencies.

· To supervise and monitor the therapeutic effects and side-effects of prescribed medication providing the client with clear advice and information.

· To maintain accurate clinical documentation in line with Professional and Trust’s record keeping standards.


This advert closes on Wednesday 22 Jan 2025